AARO Trifold Jan2025

The All-domain www.aaro.mil Photo Credit: NASA For additional information please visit www.aaro.mil Media Inquiries: Air ▪ Maritime ▪ Space OBJECTS COMMONLY REPORTED AS UAP While AARO receives a wide range of reports, many of which remain unsolved objects/causes reported as UAP Include • Airborne clutter • • Commercial or military aircraft • Unmanned aerial vehicles • Space launches • Satellites • Celestial objects Image of a Starlink 4-34 launch Updated: October 2024 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 3/3/2025 Released in Full: X Case Number: 330UAP000021 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/3/2025 0 21 + MISSION, VISION & FUNCTION AARO emerged from congressional and U.S. Government recognition that UAP present possible hazards and threats across service, regional, and domain boundaries. MISSION: Minimize technical and intelligence intelligence and operational detection, of UAP in the vicinity of national security areas. VISION: detected, tracked, analyzed, and managed by way of normalized DoD, IC, and civil business practices; by htiw dna ;sdradnats tfarcedart-ecnegilletni transparency and shared awareness. Figure from www.aaro.mil ABOUT AARO UAP UAP are sources of anomalous detecti ons in one or more domains (i.e., airborne, seaborne, spaceborne, and/or transmedium) th at are not yet attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors that are not readily understood by sensors or observers. “Anomalous detections” include, but are not limited to, phenomena that demonstrate apparent capabilities or material that exceed known state-of- the-art capabilities. A UAP may co nsist of one or more persist over an extended period of time. • UAP result pri marily fro m domain- awareness gaps. • UAP potentially represent advanced capabilities operating in our domain-awareness gaps . (AARO) is leading the U.S. Government’s efforts to detect, track, and analyze framework and a data-driven approach. OTHER REPORTS TO AARO AARO is accepting reports of U.S. Government pr ograms or activities re lated to UAP from current or fo rmer U.S. Government employees, ser vice members, or contractor personnel with direct knowledge. These reports will be used to inform AARO’s congressionally directed Historical Record Report. A reporting form is available at www.aaro.mil. The fo rm is intended as an initial point of contact with AARO; it is not intended fo r conveying potentially Fo llo wing the submission of your report, AARO staff may reach out to request additional detail or arrange for an informational interview. • Mili tary and DoD civilian personnel should report through their command or service in accordance with GENADMIN Joint Staff J3 Washington Anomalous Phenomena Reporting and Material Disposition.” •Civilian pilots are encouraged to promptly report UAP sightings to air re lated Pilot Reports from the Federal Aviation Administration. CURRENT OPERATIONAL UAP REPORTING 0 21 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/3/2025